Document Detail


Mitochondrial respiratory chain activity in skeletal muscle from patients with Parkinson's disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8232939     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Different abnormalities in mitochondrial electron transport chain activity have been demonstrated in muscle and other tissues of patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). We studied eight Spanish patients with PD to evaluate the functional activity of the electron transport chain in muscle mitochondria from patients of this country. We found lower complex I activity (nmol.min-1.mg-1) in patients (245.8 +/- 42.8) than in controls (331.6 +/- 60.1) (p = 0.004) and lower complex IV activity in patients (46.1 +/- 9) than in controls (144.1 +/- 42.3) (p = 0.00001). Complex V activity was also decreased in two patients and complex II and III activities were normal in all of them. Although these results strongly suggest an alteration in mitochondrial DNA in PD, the various electron transport chain defects in different tissues seem to be nonspecific.
Authors:
F Cardellach; M J Martí; J Fernández-Solá; C Marín; J B Hoek; E Tolosa; A Urbano-Márquez
Related Documents :
3276299 - Prolonged serum levodopa levels with controlled-release carbidopa-levodopa in the treat...
17290459 - Interhemispheric and ipsilateral connections in parkinson's disease: relation to mirror...
21803749 - Do non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have a significant effect on detection and gra...
10353349 - Neurogenetic correlates of parkinson's disease: apolipoprotein-e and cytochrome p450 2d...
22389829 - Targeting fatigue in stroke patients.
14639689 - Olfaction in essential tremor patients with and without isolated rest tremor.
7753139 - Extended therapy with intravenous arginine butyrate in patients with beta-hemoglobinopa...
8976639 - Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in rheumatoid arthritis: antibody response to toxi...
8773039 - Cardiovascular manifestations in aluminium phosphide poisoning with special reference t...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurology     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0028-3878     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurology     Publication Date:  1993 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-12-20     Completed Date:  1993-12-20     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401060     Medline TA:  Neurology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2258-62     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of General Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Electron Transport
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitochondria, Muscle / metabolism*,  pathology
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Parkinson Disease / metabolism*,  pathology
Spain
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Neurology. 1993 Nov;43(11):2170-2   [PMID:  8232923 ]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Abnormal cortical responses in patients with writer's cramp.
Next Document:  Respiratory chain and mitochondrial DNA in muscle and brain in Parkinson's disease patients.